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When the Congressional Black Caucus came to town May 7 for a special session titled “The Two Detroits,” U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, and her staff got an earful from local business owners and leaders about how the city's renaissance is leaving out many black residents, developers, contractors and children.
Since the Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr. became its fourth leader in 1998, Triumph Church has transformed from a single tiny congregation into a powerhouse, multi-campus center devoted to serving others. From food drives to gift giveaways, college scholarships, tutoring and bottled water for those affected by the Flint water crisis, members ardently help southeast Michigan residents.
U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz will join more than 25 members of Congress this weekend on another visit to the Rio Grande Valley as President Donald Trump’s “zero-tolerance” policy continues to fill immigrant holding facilities along the U.S.-Mexico border. Schedules are still being finalized but Cornyn and Cruz will likely tour immigrant detention facilities in Cameron County on Friday.
Some Michigan leaders are in Texas and more are headed to the U.S.-Mexico border to see the immigration crisis firsthand. Rochester Hills Mayor Bryan Barnett joined other U.S. mayors at the border Thursday. They said that Congress had its chance to pass immigration legislation but instead has done nothing.
Debbie Dingell isn't backing down. The Michigan congresswoman, a Dearborn Democrat, has teamed up with U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster, D-New Hampshire, to lead a coalition of more than 50 female lawmakers in demanding an answer to the question that's been haunting many about the immigration crisis at the U.S./Mexico border: Where are the girls?
U.S. House Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-Southfield) plans to visit a federal detention center in Texas that is housing many of the immigrant children separated from their parents after crossing the border. "I'm going to McAllen, Texas, to personally walk through the detention centers to interview ICE (Immigrant and Customs Enforcement) and CBP (Customs and Border Protection)," Rep.
A growing number of Republicans in Congress are joining Democrats in opposing the Trump administration's practice of separating immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. The criticism includes at least five GOP lawmakers from Michigan. U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, said Monday that "now" is the time "for this ugly and inhumane practice to end." Rep.
The Trump administration's zero-tolerance border policy has meant some 2,000 migrant children have been taken away from their families. A new Quinnipiac Poll finds only 27 percent of Americans surveyed back the president's policy. And even as some in the GOP are urging Trump to change course, he is doubling down and blaming Democrats.
8 of 9 MI Republican reps did not respond when asked about stance on family separation at the border
Michigan Radio reached out to the entire state Congressional delegation Friday, asking their opinion on the Trump administration's policy on separating families at the border. Only five members responded before the given deadline of 12:00 p.m. on June 18: Rep. Brenda Lawrence, MI-14: “Separating families at the border has no place in our nation’s immigration process.
Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence is trying to help people better understand the immigration process. But the Democrat is also angry about the current situation. She held a town hall forum Monday night and it turns out some immigrant children are being fostered here in Michigan.